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Karman Holdings

KRMN
52
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials
Price
$53.40
-0.96 (-1.77%)
Market Cap
$7.08B
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Strong
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Karman Holdings makes specialized components and systems used in rockets, missiles, and spacecraft. Its products include structural parts, thermal protection systems, and other hardware sold mainly to defense contractors and government agencies like the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA. The company operates in the aerospace and defense industry, focusing on technically complex parts that are hard to manufacture.

Karman earns money by selling engineered components under long-term contracts with defense primes and government customers. It operates primarily in the United States and, with a market cap around $7.6 billion, sits in the mid-cap range of the defense supply chain. Its moat comes from the technical difficulty of its products and the long qualification cycles required before a supplier can win aerospace contracts, which makes it hard for new competitors to enter. The main risk is customer concentration, since a large share of revenue depends on continued U.S. government defense and space spending.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+58.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+114.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

77.7%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~9 months

$52M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Revenue accelerating

Karman Holdings grew revenue 58% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+0.1% over 3y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 132.2M (2022) → 132.3M (2025)

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
43.0%
Healthy — 43.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
19.1%
Healthy — 19.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
8.4%
Below par — 8.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+50.2%
Fast-growing sales (+50.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+372.5%
Earnings growing fast (+372.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/7 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
16%
Weak — only 16% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-4.7%
Burning cash (-4.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.82
Elevated debt (1.82)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
2.01x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.0x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
187.4x
Expensive — P/E 187.4

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+146.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (187.4 → 40.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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